Diuteronomi 1
1 Ndị a bụ okwu ahụ Mosis gwara Izrel niile mgbe ha nọ nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼọzara nʼAraba, ebe chere ihu nʼobodo Suf, nʼetiti Paran na Tofel na Leban, na Hazerọt, na Dizahab.
These are the words which Moses spoke to all of Israel, across the Jordan, in the plain of the wilderness opposite the Red Sea, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth, where gold is very plentiful,
2 Site nʼugwu Horeb ruo Kadesh Banea, bụ njem abalị iri na otu ma e soro ụzọ gawara ugwu Sia.
eleven days from Horeb, by way of Mount Seir as far as Kadesh-barnea.
3 Ọ bụ nʼabalị mbụ nke ọnwa iri na otu, nke afọ iri anọ ka Mosis gwara ụmụ Izrel ihe niile Onyenwe anyị nyere ya nʼiwu banyere ha.
In the fortieth year, on the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, Moses told the sons of Israel all that the Lord had instructed him. And so he spoke to them,
4 Nke mere mgbe ọ lụgbuchara Saịhọn, eze ndị Amọrait, onye na-achị na Heshbọn, lụgbukwaa Ọg, eze ndị Bashan na Edrei, onye na-achị nʼAshtarọt.
after he had struck down Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, who resided at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
5 Nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼala ndị Moab ka Mosis nọ kọwaara ụmụ Izrel iwu ndị a sị ha,
across the Jordan in the land of Moab. And so, Moses began to explain the law, and to say:
6 Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị gwara anyị nʼugwu Horeb sị, “Unu anọọla ọtụtụ oge nʼugwu a.
“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying: ‘You have remained long enough on this mountain.
7 Ugbu a bilienụ ije, baa nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait. Gaakwanụ nʼala niile ndị agbataobi ha bụ Araba, nʼugwu niile na nʼebe dị ala ala na Negeb, nʼọnụ mmiri nke oke osimiri, garuokwanụ ala ndị Kenan na nke ndị Lebanọn, gagidekwanụ ruo nʼosimiri ukwu Yufretis.
Turn back and go to the mountain of the Amorites, and to the other places which are near it: the plains as well as the mountainous regions, and the low-lying places opposite the south and along the shore of the sea, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates.’
8 Lee, enyela m unu ala ahụ niile! Baanụ nʼime ya, bichiekwanụ ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị ṅụrụ iyi na ọ ga-enye nna nna unu bụ Ebraham, Aịzik, Jekọb na ụmụ ụmụ ha niile ndị ga-esote ha.”
‘Lo,’ he said, ‘I have delivered it to you. Enter and possess that which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them, and to their offspring after them.’
9 Nʼoge ahụ, agwara m unu ụmụ Izrel okwu sị, “Unu bụụrụ m oke ibu arọ, apụghịkwa m ibu unu naanị m.
And I said to you, at that time:
10 Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu emeela ka unu mụbaa dịka kpakpando nke eluigwe.
‘I alone am not able to sustain you. For the Lord, your God, has multiplied you, and you are today like the stars of heaven, very many.
11 Ka Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu ha meekwa ka unu mụbaa nʼọnụọgụgụ, puku kwụrụ puku, ya gọziekwa unu dịka o kwere na nkwa.
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, add to this number many thousands more, and may he bless you, just as he has said.
12 Ma olee otu naanị m ga-esi buo ibu unu, doziekwa ise okwu unu na nsogbu unu niile?
Alone, I do not have the strength to endure your arbitrations and judgments and disputes.
13 Họpụtanụ ụfọdụ ndị ikom nwe amamihe, nghọta, na ndị a na-akwanyere ụgwụ, site nʼebo niile unu nʼotu nʼotu, aga m emekwa ha ndịisi unu.”
Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.’
14 Unu zara sị m, “Ihe ahụ i zubere ime dị mma.”
Then you responded to me: ‘What you intend to do is a good thing.’
15 Ya mere, a kpọọrọ m ndịisi nʼebo dị iche iche, ndị ikom maara ihe, na ndị a na-asọpụrụ, mee ka ha bụrụ ndịisi ọchịchị unu, ụfọdụ ha na-elekọta puku mmadụ, ụfọdụ narị mmadụ, ndị ọzọ na-elekọta iri mmadụ ise, ndị ọzọ mmadụ iri, ka ha bụrụ ndị ndu ebo dị iche iche.
And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing.
16 Adọrọ m ndị ikpe unu a aka na ntị nʼoge ahụ sị ha, “Nụrụnụ ikpe niile metụtara esemokwu dị nʼetiti ụmụnna unu, ma kpeenụ ikpe ọbụla na-eleghị mmadụ anya nʼihu ma ikpe ahụ ọ dị nʼetiti ụmụnna unu ndị Izrel, maọbụ nʼetiti ndị Izrel na ndị ọbịa.
And I instructed them, saying: ‘Listen to them, and judge what is just, whether he is one of your citizens or a sojourner.
17 Kpeenụ ikpe ziri ezi nye onye ukwu na onye nta. Elekwala ndị unu na-ekpe ikpe anya nʼihu, nʼihi na unu na-ekpe ikpe unu nʼọnọdụ Chineke.” Enyekwara m ha iwu sị ha wetaranụ m ikpe niile siri unu ike ka m leba ha anya.
There shall be no favoritism to any persons. So you shall listen to the little as well as to the great. And you shall not accept anyone’s reputation, for this is the judgment of God. But if anything seems difficult to you, then refer it to me, and I will hear it.’
18 Nʼoge ahụ, agwara m unu ihe niile unu na-aghaghị ime.
And I instructed you in all that you were obliged to do.
19 Emesịa, dịka iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị nyere si dị, anyị hapụrụ ugwu Horeb, chee ihu gawa nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait. Ụzọ anyị si gafee ọzara ukwu ahụ dị egwu nke unu ji anya unu hụ tutu anyị erute Kadesh Banea.
Then, setting out from Horeb, we crossed through a terrible and great wasteland, which you saw along the way of the mountain of the Amorite, just as the Lord our God had instructed us. And when we had arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
20 Mgbe ahụ agwara m unu okwu sị, “Unu erutela nʼala ugwu ugwu ndị Amọrait, ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị na-enye anyị.
I said to you: ‘You have arrived at the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God will give to us.
21 Lee, Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu enyela unu ala ahụ. Gaanụ nweta ya ka ọ bụrụ nke unu dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu gwara unu sị, Unu atụla egwu, ka obi unu gharakwa ịda mba.”
Gaze upon the land that the Lord your God gives to you. Ascend and possess it, just as the Lord our God has spoken to your fathers. Do not be afraid, and do not become terrified by anything.’
22 Ma unu niile bịakwutere m sị m, “Ka anyị zipụ ndị nnyocha ka ha gaa mata ezi ụzọ e si abanye nʼala ahụ. Anyị ga-ekpebikwa obodo ndị anyị ga-ebu ụzọ banye.”
And you all approached me and said: ‘Let us send men who may consider the land, and who may report as to the way by which we ought to ascend, and as to which cities we ought to travel.’
23 Ntụpụta unu juru m afọ, nʼihi ya, esitere m nʼetiti unu họpụta mmadụ iri na abụọ, otu onye site nʼebo ọbụla.
And since the word was pleasing to me, I sent from among you twelve men, one from each tribe.
24 Ndị a pụrụ, gbagoo ala ugwu ugwu ahụ tutu bịaruo na Ndagwurugwu Eshkọl. Ha legharịrị anya nʼala ahụ.
These, when they had set out and had ascended the mountains, arrived as far as the valley of the cluster of grapes. And having considered the land,
25 Ha ghọtara ụfọdụ nʼime mkpụrụ osisi mịrị nʼala ahụ, bulatara anyị. Ha wetakwaara anyị ozi, sị, “Ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị na-aga inye anyị dị mma.”
having taken from its fruits in order to show its fertility, they brought these to us, and they said: ‘The land that the Lord our God will give to us is good.’
26 Ma unu jụrụ ịga nʼala ahụ, si otu a nupu isi megide iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nyere.
Yet you were not willing to go there. Instead, being incredulous to the word of the Lord our God,
27 Unu nọ nʼụlọ ikwu unu tamuo ntamu na-asị, “Nʼezie Onyenwe anyị ahụghị anyị nʼanya. Lee ka o si site nʼala Ijipt dupụta anyị were anyị nyefee nʼaka ndị Amọrait ka ha laa anyị nʼiyi!
you murmured in your tents, and you said: ‘The Lord hates us, and therefore he has led us away from the land of Egypt, so that he might deliver us into the hand of the Amorite and destroy us.
28 Ebee ka anyị nwere ike ịga ugbu a? Ụmụnna anyị gara nyochaa ala ahụ emenyela anyị egwu. Ha sịrị, ‘Na ndị bi nʼala ahụ toro ogologo karịa anyị bụrụkwa ndị dị ike. Ha sịkwara na mgbidi e ji gbaa obodo ha gburugburu topuru ruo nʼeluigwe! Anyị hụkwara ụmụ Anak nʼebe ahụ.’”
To where should we ascend? The messengers have terrified our heart by saying: “The multitude is very great, and taller than us. And the cities are great, and the walls extend even to the sky. We have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’
29 Ma agwara m unu sị, “Ka ụjọ ghara ịtụ unu, unu atụla ndị ahụ egwu.
And I said to you: ‘Do not be apprehensive, nor should you fear them.
30 Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, onye na-aga nʼihu unu, ga-alụrụ unu ọgụ, dịka o si lụọra unu ọgụ nʼihu anya unu, nʼala Ijipt,
The Lord God himself, who is your leader, will fight on your behalf, just as he did in Egypt in the sight of all.
31 nakwa nʼime ọzara, ebe unu nọ hụ otu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu si bulie unu elu dịka nna si ebuli nwa ya elu, nʼụzọ niile unu gbasoro tutu unu erute ebe a.”
And in the wilderness (as you yourselves saw), the Lord your God carried you, like a man who is accustomed to carrying his little son, along all the way that you walked, until you arrived at this place.’
32 Ma agbanyeghị nke a, unu ekwenyeghị na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu,
And yet, despite all of this, you did not believe the Lord your God,
33 bụ onye gara nʼihu unu nʼije unu niile, ịchọpụtara unu ebe unu ga-ama ụlọ ikwu unu, onye jikwa ọkụ duo unu nʼabalị, jiri igwe ojii duo unu nʼehihie, iji zi unu ụzọ unu ga-agbaso.
who went before you on the way, and who marked out the place where you should pitch your tents, showing you the way by fire in the night, and by a pillar of cloud in the day.
34 Ma otu o si dị, mgbe Onyenwe anyị nụrụ ntamu unu, iwe dị ukwuu were ya, nʼihi ntamu unu, ọ ṅụrụ iyi sị,
And when the Lord had heard the voice of your words, becoming angry, he swore and said:
35 “O nweghị otu onye nʼime ọgbọ ọjọọ a ga-anọ ndụ hụ ala ọma ahụ m ṅụrụ iyi inye nna nna unu,
‘None of the men of this wicked generation will see the good land, which I have promised by oath to your fathers,
36 karịakwa Kaleb, nwa Jefune. Ọ ga-ahụ ala ahụ anya, aga m enye ya na ụmụ ụmụ ya ala ahụ ọ zọkwasịrị ụkwụ ya, nʼihi na o ji obi ya niile sogide Onyenwe anyị.”
except Caleb the son of Jephuneh. For he himself will see it, and I will give the land on which he has walked to him and to his sons, because he has followed the Lord.’
37 Ọ bụkwa nʼihi unu ka Onyenwe anyị ji weso m iwe, na-asị, “Gị onwe gị kwa, ị gaghị aba nʼebe ahụ!
Neither is his indignation with the people a wonder, since the Lord also became angry with me because of you, and so he said: ‘Neither will you enter into that place.
38 Kama Joshua, nwa Nun, onye na-enyere gị aka, ga-edu ha banye nʼebe ahụ. Gbaa ya ume nʼihi na ọ bụ ya ga-edu ndị Izrel inweta ala ahụ dịka ihe nketa ha.
But Joshua, the son of Nun, your minister, shall himself enter on your behalf. Exhort and strengthen this man, and he himself shall divide the land by lot to Israel.
39 Ọ bụkwa ụmụntakịrị ahụ na-amaghị ihe dị iche site nʼihe ọma na ihe ọjọọ ka m ga-enye ala ahụ. Ha ga-abanye nʼime ya, nweta ya dịka ihe nketa.
Your little ones, about whom you said that they would be led away as captives, and your sons, who to this day are ignorant of the difference between good and evil, they shall enter. And I will give the land to them, and they will possess it.
40 Ma unu onwe unu, bilienụ, chigharịa gawa nʼime ọzara. Cheenụ ihu unu nʼOsimiri Uhie.”
But as for you, turn back and go out to the wilderness, by way of the Red Sea.’
41 Mgbe ahụ, unu kwupụtara mmehie unu sị, “Anyị emehiela megide Onyenwe anyị. Anyị ga-agbago nʼala ahụ gaa lụọ ọgụ, dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị nyere anyị nʼiwu.” Ya mere, onye ọbụla nʼime unu yikwasịrị ihe agha ya na-eche na ọ dị mfe ịgbago nʼobodo ndị ahụ dị nʼugwu.
And you responded to me: ‘We have sinned against the Lord. We will ascend and fight, just as the Lord our God has instructed.’ And having been equipped with weapons, when you were setting out for the mountain,
42 Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị m, “Gwa ha, ‘Unu arịgokwala, gaa buo agha, nʼihi na agaghị m anọnyere unu. Ndị iro unu ga-emerikwa unu.’”
the Lord said to me: ‘Say to them: Do not ascend and do not fight. For I am not with you. Otherwise, you may fall in the sight of your enemies.’
43 Ya mere, agwara m unu, ma unu aṅaghị ntị. Unu nupuru isi nʼiwu Onyenwe anyị, jiri nganga juru unu obi bilie, rigoo nʼobodo ahụ dị nʼugwu.
I spoke, and you did not listen. But, opposing the order of the Lord, and swelling with pride, you ascended onto the mountain.
44 Ndị Amọrị bụ ndị bi nʼugwu ahụ pụtara, ha chụsasịrị unu dịka aṅụ si eme, tidaa unu nʼala site na Sia ruo Homa.
And so, having gone forth, the Amorite, who was living in the mountains, came against you and pursued you, just as a swarm of bees would do. And he struck you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.
45 Emesịa, unu lọghachiri bịa kwaa akwa nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ma o geghị ntị nye olu akwa unu, ọ ṅakwaghị unu ntị.
And when you returned and were weeping in the sight of the Lord, he would not hear you, nor was he willing to agree to your voice.
46 Nʼihi ya, unu nọrọ ọtụtụ oge na Kadesh.
Therefore, you camped at Kadesh-barnea for a long time.”
